Why is it that when it comes to male/female dynamics, people feel the need to take everything back to the age when we were all living in caves?
I've seen posts in another thread asserting that since we once lived in a situation where we had to fight for survival (and consequently 2 parents looking after a kid was better than one), women should be discerning when it comes to sex whereas it is acceptable for men to have sex with anything with 2 X-chromosomes.
Firstly, I seriously doubt that women who sleep around are doing it to have children. Secondly, and blindingly obvious, we don't live in the caves any more. There's no sense in adopting a behaviour pattern just because our very distant ancestors once needed to do that. I'm an 18 year old girl, far too young to have children, at my age sex is purely about pleasure. So why should I take a different attitude to it than a male because I have 2 X-chromosomes?
Also, the usual pattern in society is that people mate for life (ie marry, there did the primordial word 'mate' get your attention?!) and have children, so why should there be a difference there either?
I've seen posts in another thread asserting that since we once lived in a situation where we had to fight for survival (and consequently 2 parents looking after a kid was better than one), women should be discerning when it comes to sex whereas it is acceptable for men to have sex with anything with 2 X-chromosomes.
Firstly, I seriously doubt that women who sleep around are doing it to have children. Secondly, and blindingly obvious, we don't live in the caves any more. There's no sense in adopting a behaviour pattern just because our very distant ancestors once needed to do that. I'm an 18 year old girl, far too young to have children, at my age sex is purely about pleasure. So why should I take a different attitude to it than a male because I have 2 X-chromosomes?
Also, the usual pattern in society is that people mate for life (ie marry, there did the primordial word 'mate' get your attention?!) and have children, so why should there be a difference there either?